Hawaii Has The Worst Homeless Problem In America

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I was shocked walking the streets of Hawaii. For the first time ever, Hawaii now has more homeless people than anywhere else in the USA.
In this video I investigated the homeless problem on all four Hawaiian islands.
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[@PlayThroughTheGame]

being homeless in hawaii may be the best place to live.

[@rogerburn5132]

So Many Homeless it's shame Jo Biden Ukraine first 😢😢😢

[@ArtIsDrawing]

When retired people want to work because of boredom, their benefits get cut off!!! This is why they become homeless!!

[@ArtIsDrawing]

Other people work for their housing!!

[@legendaryTMNICO]

@@rogerburn5132let’s go Brandon

[@williamwalters9403]

What really upsets me is we can send a hundred billion dollars over seas, but we have homeless vets here!

[@Annedashi]

Exactly

[@sandraworthington7743]

I know it sicking me to

[@flanagamer]

I’m an honorably discharged veteran with _TWO_ bachelor’s degrees, and I’m currently living in my car because I can’t afford rent. Seriously. I’m currently trying to move to a new state, but moving is expensive these days, and a hassle. So just trying to save up money as fast as possible. I tried to get a HUD-VASH voucher (essentially subsidizes a veteran’s rent) but there’s a waiting list. Even veterans who don’t do drugs and work/pay taxes get screwed in this country. 😅

[@ArtIsDrawing]

@@flanagamer Sell everything and just bring a backpack with clothes and your laptop!

[@flanagamer]

@@ArtIsDrawing but I need my car. I don’t have anything else _to_ sell 🤷🏻‍♂️😅

[@sapphirelane1714]

Really can’t watch this stuff without tearing up. It feels so hopeless, wish we’d do more as a country! Praying for all the homeless.🕊️

[@anitamendez116]

“The Country” ( I am assuming you are referring to the United States) needs to stop Illegally Occupying Hawaii. That is why Hawaii (mostly Oahu and Maui) is corrupt, polluted and over priced. I was born and raised in Honolulu and NONE of those buildings existed accept the Moana Hotel and The Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Waikiki was all local homes until the early 60’s when the colonist started building all those high rises.

[@josechino4704]

The man you interview on beach living 2 years seems,Like a good person and is not high on drug.God bless him.

[@sashanealand8315]

yeah except he didnt want to help himself

[@jstme7802]

Lmfao! Seems you're not so bright on the homeless people here in my State. Majority of them are from other States that sends them here (free) bcoz the State that they come from says it warmer here, smfh. As as for our own homeless people, they aren't homeless but rather they our houseless. Cost of living here are very high and our people are forced to live on the beach or move to the mainland. So b4 you post things on social media do your homework and make sure you get your story right.

[@tedzehnder961]

Yeah, he`s a lazy beach bum.

[@bigteezeofficial]

Hawaii is my home and this breaks my heart. I currently live in St. George, Utah for the past 5 years caring for my elderly mom and finally went back home to Hawaii last month for a visit after 5 years of being away and it literally brought me to tears. Thank you for exposing the TRUE Hawaii and what our people are going through.

[@evelynantonio4462]

It made me emotional sharing your story

[@24bree24]

It’s absolutely sickening to see how developed Oahu has gotten. The amount of houses being built is disgusting. Taking agricultural land and making houses is atrocious. All because of greed.

[@iCloudTempFiles-mf3xz]

Drugs, Alcohol and Addictions! Bad Choices were made. We gotta stop enabling these habits

[@PuertoRicoBoxing]

That lady in the beginning of the video.. broke my heart man.

[@hpcam1]

very sad..

[@mitchellsantiago2164]

There are plenty of services and housing for them but they just like the freedom of the streets and hate to follow rules and regulations at homeless housing for them. The legislature throws gobs of money at this situation with no end results.

[@pienash6187]

I love 💕 Joanna...she loves her place inspite of it all😊

[@tedmerr]

you can thank groups like Air BnB for contributing to skyrocketing housing costs.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

Yes and “house flippers” & the “state” for allowing all these “move to Hawai’i”, “come flip houses in Hawai’i” type shows on HGTV to film here & promote that people do these things that lead to our housing crisis. Have you seen all the Airbnb owners complaining and even lying on social media because Hawai’i is trying to limit Airbnb’s?

[@rhipotter6191]

​@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdomfacts !!

[@jerryangton408]

you can also thank the goverment and the states for going on a dam credit score even if you have a job pay rent if that score is low you are fucked

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

@@jerryangton408 A lot of jobs check credit scores too now, and won’t hire people with bad credit scores because they believe it’s an indication of a person not being responsible.

[@main2333]

Plenty to go around. They just want to build more affordable homes. So they can have a reason to raise rent. Rigged Supply and demand BS!

[@jamesgorrell1899]

Oprah Winfrey can't see it from her property

[@QueenB572]

She’s in Maui far away from this! The rich get richer and the poor poorer!

[@Unit8200-rl8ev]

Wealth for a few creates poverty for the many. This is the Triumph of Capitalism.

[@slee2819]

I’m glad to hear that. She deserves the world for her service to humanity. I hope Obama is OK…

[@BobbyPolfus]

​@@slee2819I'm sure he's thinking of you. At gitmo

[@QueenB572]

@@slee2819 I think you need to do some deep diving into what Winfrey and Obama are about!

[@Kat-tr2ig]

The housing crisis is getting worse. 10 years ago people couldn't afford to buy a house. Now they can't afford to rent. Unless something is done now, we're all just one unfortunate circumstance from becoming homeless, too.

[@cindylopez5599]

😢 Clean it up hawaii, You have the money to do it. Help these people to get off drugs. Every city can make small little apartments for these people they live in a tent. They could live in a 10 / 10. Place.

[@Unit8200-rl8ev]

Capitalism creates poverty.

[@tripplefives1402]

They keep voting for the same government policies that created these problems.

[@benjammin4247]

@@tripplefives1402 Or the people at the helm of those policies keep cheating their way in.

[@Cabbage-gt2su]

@@tripplefives1402If you judge people based off the actions the people they vote for do. I got bad news for you about American geopolitics lol

[@imustbecrazy5626]

Flip it and see how bad homeowners have it. Just because you live behind 4 walls don't mean you're not in a bad situation.

[@cindylopez5599]

So true the government has made it so hard for all of us. Everyone. Clear your head and vote for Trump.

[@georgehenderson7783]

@@cindylopez5599 The Democrats, if they don't declare a national emergency and cancel the election, are going to cheat massively, they will allow illegals to vote in a federal election with "federal ballots." Vote early, in person if possible and BRING AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE WITH YOU TO VOTE!

[@debaucherizer]

@@cindylopez5599 2 sides of the same coin, biden trump

[@freshtapcoke]

Funny how government never has it bad

[@mattpinap]

​@@cindylopez5599You say that but guess what most of themm all had in common? They moved to Hawaii 6-8 years ago...

[@raymonddon8875]

growing up in california and watching tv shows filmed in hawaii... we only saw paradise. me and my friends never knew hawaii even had a homeless problem.

[@justacutepieceofshit]

There is still plenty of paradise here❤

[@highclassbum2538]

Worst in America. Even worse going out toward Makaha and Waianae

[@evelynantonio4462]

I admire Magnum PI filmed in Hawaii, the state looks very clean & captivating , that was long time ago , now it seems it is mostly ruined

[@hannw7]

What's really sad is that the mentally ill get hooked on drugs to cope and drugs can cause mental illness. Such a vicious cycle. America needs to declare a state of emergency on homelessness and addiction. So much suffering.

[@nicolehall2177]

Only you would find a rubber chicken door bell 😂😂😂

[@ShellyJellyUpYours007]

It's so SAD to see the broken spirits of human life ! how shocking the homeless problem is all over America USA! I guess if I'm gunna think of something good to say is, is when I use to be homeless for 2yrs I stayed in a camp that looked after each other, and if you were elderly then in the camp people would take turns helping them by sharing there there food with them, helping them wash clothes and sharing there tents, you really have to help out in a camp to get into one that's not gunna steal you'd last roll of Tp. Thank u Nick for traveling all over and taking me along with u with theae videos!! Haha. BTW I'm from San Antonio ,Texas come back and see us again one day. Michelle

[@cindylopez5599]

Look what happened to Maui. It seems like no one cares. Biden Absolutely does not care at all.

[@chicogozosodecabellosedoso]

What did you do to stop being homeless?

[@nagratna793]

Wat about your parents?? Were u alone?

[@tedzehnder961]

Broken Spirits? Really? I got a job when I was sixteen and worked for the next 45 years. I grew up instead of being a perpetual adolescent.Don`t blame other people for your mistakes.

[@busterhoodstar6598]

Los Angeles begs to differ. Seattle begs to differ. Chicago begs to differ. Hawaii doesn't come close.

[@richardbailey3253]

I totally agree with you

[@highclassbum2538]

Per capita

[@senif684]

True, it’s still not very pretty though.

[@TannerBelanger-wy8yp]

*🌹I was homeless, got into drug's went to prison came out and Heaven came through for me in my finances making $50,000 in 2months in forex bought my first house last week and I'm can't be more proud that I'm right now, God is absolutely done more than enough*

[@BrendaWong-yr2tf]

Congratulations you are really doing well at your age im 45 and my finance are in rally in mess right now and great tip will really go along way in shaping my life im open for idea

[@PamelaArmstrong-zc4ik]

I work at a restaurant here in Houston Texas. Things have been really difficult as I'm a single mom and trying my best to pay bills and take care of my daughters.

[@TannerBelanger-wy8yp]

I started pretty low investing in forex though with $2000 thereabouts. The returns came massive. Joey is in school doing well, telling me of new friends he's meeting in school. Ava Brenda Harry is a Blessing to my life

[@PatrickWilkinson-he9iu]

Wow 😲I know this lady mentioned here . She's really good with and on her job. She's helped a couple of families and individuals' finances

[@MildredChen-wx1wy]

​@@PatrickWilkinson-he9iuYou don't have to be surprised, That's exactly her name( Ava Brenda Harry) so many people have recommended highly about her I'm huge beneficiary of her platform from Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺

[@karencamp741]

OTHER STATES ARE SHIPPING THEIR HOMELESS TO HAWAII

[@Lopezflies888]

That's not true. It's a debunked rumor. Check with the Homeless coordinator office at the Hale. They publicly declared it was a rumor.

[@karencamp741]

@@Lopezflies888 I have personally spoken to several homeless people since I moved here in 2017 and yes I know for a fact it is true.

[@skinanbones5517]

Alaska did it. The only agreement was hawaii was not on the list for a destination.

[@333mikeray]

​@@Lopezflies888Ny is getting ready to ship and dump migrants and homeless to indian reservation areas in Ny. They already give them free land, housing,booze drugs and money monthly. I believe its Seneca tribal areas

[@karencamp741]

@@skinanbones5517 I was in Goodwill on Beretania st when we first moved here and was talking to my husband and a homeless man over heard my southern accent and approached me, telling me how he was from Georgia and missed hearing that southern twang. I spoke with him and asked him how he ended up in Hawaii from Georgia and he flat out told me when he was released from prison 12 years earlier the state of Georgia told him he couldn't stay there and offered him a 1way ticket anywhere he want. He told me if he was gonna be homeless (cause no family would take him in, in Georgia) then he was gonna be homeless where it was always warm. He has been in Hawaii since.

[@RayNomadic]

I used to be homeless and i don't think it should be a crime to sleep on public land. But when i was homeless i didn't have a tent. I found shelter whenever needed and had only what i could carry with me in one go when traveling around. If i couldn't fit it in my backpacks then i didn't keep it. To think all the money given to Ukraine could have been used to build housing for every homeless person in America. Face it people, if government wanted to fix the homeless problems they would. Its a choice at this point the government is doing.

[@legendaryTMNICO]

That’s almost as bad as Vancouver

[@RVCM71]

The problem is they they want to work just want a handout nobody deserves a free house and worst Noone is gonna hand out free houses are you dreaming

[@elenagava4660]

@@RVCM71 correct if they work for it

[@whistlerobinshouseandhobbies]

💖

[@CheerstoLife01]

I don’t blame the homeless to the government. People has a choice, it’s up to us if we are choosing to be homeless or we gonna get find a job. Most of the homeless is a drug addicted. We need to choose wisely in life. Do not blame to someone else that we are the one who choose that life. That’s why we have the brain. Choices is our responsibility.

[@Lopezflies888]

At 23:22 you are interviewing homeless next to Jack in the Box. On the other side of Jack in the Box is WA Middle school. An open air no security school. There recently was a SA in the outside bathroom. A 8th grader with an ankle bracelet assulted a non verbal 6th GR boy..Mr Harano, The principal asked parents to check phones as the assult was recorded. He gad ZERO interest in letting the public know. Luckily, advocates and whistleblowers did.

[@techshabby0001]

What do you men open air? They have classrooms.

[@williamhiles7404]

And what does that have to with homelessness? LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

[@3mexhuas]

Hey, Nick you're almost at one million subscribers!!!! Great job.

[@pollyanna147]

This is an EVERYWHERE problem.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

But “everywhere” doesn’t have US states sending their homeless there on one way plane tickets as a means to alleviate their own homeless problem, Hawai’i DOES.

[@F-U-CKYTCensorship]

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom🤣 nobody “sends” homeless people anywhere except to the liberal cities here in the mainland being overrun by illegals that crossed the Mexican border.. Hawaii is not full of Mexicans is it? Nope. It’s full of your own people that you created to be homeless due to political and economic greed. No state has property values and rent like your state, California and Illinois might be a close 2nd but look at their homeless population numbers. Then lookup the number of homeless drug addicts in those states, your state has an abundance of drug users and it always has. We’ve all seen DOG the bounty hunter..

[@e2dwf976]

And keep rising up tax not making any sense. Crackhead and the rooster Got me 😂😂 nice Nick! Most of homeless in Honolulu area are not locals Send them back where they came from keep sending them homeless to Hawaii

[@TheRedFist92]

Your clueless. You guys in the mainland send your homeless here... Get the picture??

[@greendesertgoddess]

How do you know drugs is the main reason for homelessness? Drugs certainly wasn't my reason for being homeless . . .

[@optimusP43]

No not all homelessness is due to drugs, but majority is and if you go and talk to the homeless people like he did, you can clearly see that meth is the cause. Are there other drugs? Sure but very rare. Meth is everywhere in Hawaii and it does destroy lives. Add that to milk being $9-11 a gallon and rent being $1,800 for a studio apartment with jobs only paying $18hr. I am from a state that has the most rehabs in the country, Hawaii doesn't have that in comparison.

[@greendesertgoddess]

@@optimusP43 . . . them perhaps the interviewer should not search out addicts for comments. Go seek out regular folks homeless due to no fault of their own. it was clearly stated "drugs is the main reason for homelessness." Sounds like a blanket statement to me. People will simply run with it . . . and it's a LIE!

[@TheBradfords]

They might of not went homeless due to drugs but almost all turn to them

[@secondone6833]

Me either mine was because a con man took mine and my lawyer sucked

[@secondone6833]

And cancer

[@Gadfly2025]

Japan has homeless towns all along the river in Tokyo . Many gets pushed out in more rural areas

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

Japan also has a high rate of “self inflicted unlifing” and a culture that shuns and shames people for being homeless as well as a culture of representing your family.

[@fernandoscrenci4874]

This is very true!! I see it on another KZbin channel !!!

[@joeespo177]

It's videos like this that make me appreciate my home in the frost belt. Greetings from Wisconsin.

[@AlphaFlight]

Not really a brag. Its Wisconsin

[@joeespo177]

@@AlphaFlight says you

[@OkcBK]

@@joeespo177and me brah

[@jeffreybaier5312]

Milwaukee is totally crime riden. Google it.

[@NewHaven203]

@AlphaFlight At least Wisconsin doesn’t have homeless running around everywhere, it seems like a great state

[@kathyred3310]

It’s sickening how we destroyed a beautiful place, it does look like LA

[@pollyanna147]

@@toddrodeo1349 what state are you from? not asking aggressively and not a democrat

[@mattpinap]

​@toddrodeo1349 it's beyond that. American infrastructure is disgusting at best. I bet Hawaii was a beautiful place and look at it. I mean sure it has roads and supermarkets but man.. at what cost? You hear stories of the waters back in the day around Hawaii and Australia. Teeming with fish as far as the eye can see even up to the coastline. Now you'll see those buildings from any mountain. One could guess the highest building is the tallest point in Hawaii.

[@jjman533]

Democrats have a monopoly on Homelessness and Lawlessness. San Fran, Seattle, Portland, D.C., Chicago, Los Ang, NYC. Hawaiians should STOP complaining about the homeless. You don't have millions of illegals that would increase your homeless population, increase crime, and suck up resources. Even Democrat controlled cities in red states like Texas are trash like Austin, Dallas, San Ant, Ft Worth, and Houston.

[@ArtIsDrawing]

A certain group =

[@kathyred3310]

@@toddrodeo1349 your point?

[@ScorpionVonScotts600]

I’ve only watched a third of this episode and I must say that my heart is broken. I lived on Oahu back in the mid to late 80’s. Army Schofield Barracks. It was nothing like this. I’ve always wanted to return for a week or two but this is absolutely disheartening.

[@patrick03333]

Me and my girlfriend work full time and have part time jobs on the side and we still are thinking of leaving g due to the cost of living.

[@joepacheco7979]

Drug use and insanity. When I was a kid (in the 60/70’s) the island (Oahu) had maybe a handful of "hobos" and they were kinda known, and you just stayed away. Now…

[@cindylopez5599]

Hawaii stop voting for democrats. If something bad happens do you think they'll give you seven hundred dollars. Then, say be on your way and be happy.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

Well in the 60/70’s states in the US didn’t have programs to send THEIR homeless to Hawai’i on one way plane tickets as a means to alleviate THEIR homeless problem, sooo there’s that.

[@alexcarter8807]

Yep I was a kid on Oahu the same time, there were very very few.

[@vickiladu6755]

Yeah, a handful of "hobos" when I was in Oahu in 1972. Went to 3 islands and never saw a homeless person or tent back then. So sad now 😢

[@movieman7188]

What’s the deal with the rise in insanity here? My friends and I just call them Island Crazies. So many people walking around talking or yelling to themselves. It has really increased over the past 20 years. Is there something in the water or is there some new drug that’s driving people mad?

[@user-fv5ms4sz8e]

What's really bad about poverty in Hawaii, is there's no way to leave. You don't go away to better employment opportunities. Things are so expensive, that I wouldn't doubt that regularly employed people are visiting food banks and a bunch of them are on some kind of government assistance.

[@robotekusa]

I think there is a program to fly em to California for free. Not joking.

[@keonesilva3646]

And why would anyone want to go to that dump ? ​@@robotekusa

[@jeffjeff4477]

​@@robotekusaThat would make sense, the locals need to get em off the island, it an an island!!!!. The mainland has or at least had programs for homelessness until uh 10 million or so came to visit

[@cindylopez5599]

They need to stop voting for democrats. They have been voting for them.Way too long look at what happened to maui.

[@user-eq6iy4nw8o]

let's be realistic for a moment, majority of the homeless population in hawaii don't want to work, are hooked on drugs or alcohol & they don't want to follow rules, yes it's expensive but they don't want to work already. i been homeless here and your life is what we make it

[@marioahu5000]

I have lived here for 60 years...they just approved building over 350 condos on Turtle Bay. The investors are out of State. Hawaii residents will have to foot the bill for roads, water, etc. The investors will make millions while our ocean water get polluted. They need to charge all out of State investors a fee to build public housing. Every time someone wants to develop unaffordable housing units for the rich, they need to build public housing for our people who can't afford to house themselves. It doesn't have to be super nice, building with restrooms and laundry and enough to survive. If they want to move out after getting on their feet that's better. Thanks for this videa... it's real.

[@ArcStormcaller]

Mental issues + bad quality drugs + drugs + alcohol = non recovery I work 2 fulltime jobs and it's really hard

[@galegrazutis964]

Yes and its hard working people that are supporting these junkies

[@UrbanKiwiana]

Good morning Nick, that women on the street started talking about her dad having 14 kids and then I was lost in translation lol, sad that people get that far gone that they can't even have a conversation, Their just vulnerable as. There's some super interesting folk in the homeless scene some are lost but others are so with it and so humble and I really hope they make it. Thanks mate

[@fmcevoy1]

One advantage in Hawaii is one can't freeze to death. Nick, you get points for actually talking to the homeless people. Most play "Ain't It Awful"!

[@NickJohnson]

Frank! Hope you're well. And you're right as always.

[@superseries7007]

3rd World...

[@arajoaina]

No 4 or at least 5th

[@wanderingwarrior5626]

Did you miss NYC Bloomberg telling Americans around 15yrs ago, AMERICA IS NOW A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY! That was your wake up call. They always tell you way in advance, what they are going to do to their slaves, yes, that's you, before they do it. Should have paid attention to what is really going on, huh!

[@BigJFindAWay]

The United States as a whole is a Second World country.

[@edwolf9433]

Thanks for exposing this, our local government won’t acknowledge this.

[@Britcarjunkie]

The man that's been living on the beach for 2 years: he was talking about Micronesians that had to be relocated as the result of the atomic bomb tests in the '50's and '60's. There's one island where we built a concrete dome over ground zero, but its leaking radiation, so the island isn't habitable anymore.

[@eustacemcgoodboy9702]

Not sure America can be proud of what they did with the islands they stole from the natives. But this is what America is. This channel shows you what America really is.

[@Mike-tu7uw]

America didn’t steal anything, a$$hole. It’s was acquired. If the United States hadn’t taken it some other country would have. Seriously, this is 2024, do actually think Hawaiians would be dancing in grass skirts and living as they did in the 18th century still?

[@David53D]

No one stole anything, the land is still there and so called Hawaiian's still occupy it.

[@DaisyAnnabelle65]

It’s despicable!

[@sashanealand8315]

thats not America man, a giod many of the homeless are native hawaiians playing the victim game and living off public assistance

[@williamwilson6499]

​@@David53DYour ignorance can be fixed. Sad that your parents didn't ensure you received an education, but with some effort you can improve.

[@katiewillgo]

Great video Nick 🙏🏼

[@oesso]

We're the fools apparently. These homeless people have a 1 million dollar view of the ocean wild we are paying thousands to be stuck in a box viewing four walls all day. I'm confused now lol.

[@evilladollyz7602]

My best friend moved to Hawaii. She said her rent is quadruple from what she paid here in Missouri. I'm still trying to get her to come back lol

[@jameshutchins8155]

So depressing... but thank you for taking the time and having the courage to dive in deep and speak with the people living on the street. It's something...

[@derekayuyu1923]

Because it's too expensive there

[@beamingglow3246]

Perfect way to start the video. I love this soo much and wanna see more of this across america

[@denisfrancine3221]

I really enjoyed this video. One of your best ones yet!

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Awesome overview and footage, very eye-opening and thought-provoking!

[@karenblaise9208]

Sad.

[@makoa143ify]

Sad to see the Kupuna (elders) homeless 😢

[@bertvosburg558]

I guess if you didn't have the money to get off the island you're basically trapped on the tip of a volcano thousands of miles from any substantial land with no way to leave. "HOTEL HAWAII" You can check out any time you want but you can never leave...

[@sashanealand8315]

and no jobs for non-natives to get yourself out of it

[@bertvosburg558]

@@sashanealand8315 Never knew about this problem until now.

[@KDFantastic]

You mean check in any time, but you can never check out. Sad state of affairs indeed.

[@GoingNutsinTX]

This is Methed up!

[@Lopezflies888]

That burning plastic smell on the beach is Meth.

[@The716_]

Crack smells like that too.

[@Lopezflies888]

@@The716_ True. But Meth is Hawaii's choice.

[@Angelonwheels24]

Meth doesn't smell like burning plastic meth hardly has an odor I've tried it

[@3mexhuas]

Hi, Nick!! Great video as always.

[@sandraworthington7743]

That sweet lady that you interviewed at the beginning bless her I wish her the very best I feel so sorry for those folks nobody should have to live like that breaks my heart

[@keonesilva3646]

I live on Big Island for 20 years. Hilo is really bad now. No incentives to get sober or work. You won't freeze or starve here. I own lot and tiny home far from towns in upper Puna and love it. This is mostly a city problem . Stay out of Hilo Town at night. Lock your car if you park.

[@JaimeWarlock]

No jobs in Puna area and commute from Pahoa to Hilo was insane. School buses run during rush hour traffic, making it take hours to get to Hilo. Almost as bad coming back. Turns an 8 hour work day into a thirteen hour marathon. Easier to just relax on your lot, collect food stamps, and panhandle a few hours a week to pay the electric bill.

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

Big Island get too many people moving there and not enough jobs to support them. The only people who can get by easily are people from the states who move here to live on cheap high danger lava zone lots, live in illegal unpermitted structures and retire on SS checks.

[@tedzehnder961]

People who make bad decisions in their lives like to blame other people for their problems.They are lying to themselves when they think it`s someone else`s fault.

[@airflowfpv7791]

It's sad to see, literal paradise on Earth in such shape.. I was there in '89 as a child and all I remember is a beautiful paradise with beautiful people and now it all seems like a distant dream that I want to get back to some way, somehow. It feels like a part of me is there... I do love those islands man..

[@crunchybobjones]

its an election year.. thats why they cleaned it up

[@fakeologist1]

Great video thanks Nick.

[@paulonunes2002]

Nick, this crazy guy who followed you until he got $5 surpassed all the other homeless people in terms of audacity and madness, he accumulated a real dump of garbage and rubble right on top of the river. I don't understand how a city council can allow someone to do something like this in a canal, a city watercourse, which could cause a blockage and flooding in the event of heavy rain.

[@galegrazutis964]

Becuse crackheads have more rights than decent upstanding citizens!

[@tedzehnder961]

The DEms are in control on Hawaii."Do your own thing" is their mantra.What they should do is give them a bath and pay for a one way ticket anywhere but there.

[@Unit8200-rl8ev]

You could sober up all the homeless people in the USA, give them all a college education and a degree, and there still wouldn't be enough jobs for them.

[@rageagainstthemachine7434]

college was a big lie all these years.. been lied to about everything !!!!!!!!

[@MD-dw5qg]

Why do they need a colleges education? Colleges are just a brain washing factory. We need more people learning a trade. I received a BA a degree in the late 80’s, and before the brainwashing thank God! However, in retrospect, I wish I had learned a trade instead.

[@thomasauslander3757]

They already have a B.S. in Homelessness... They're just out there doing fieldwork..

[@carieyoung1111]

Who says they wouldn’t create jobs? Many cemeteries are filled with individuals who never gave life any effort. There is enough for everyone. There would be enough jobs for everyone as there is now but many just don’t want to learn new skills or give it any effort

[@moniquesilverans3842]

@Nothing_means_nuthin Et alors, c'est un travail honnête

[@karendavis1857]

I feel so sad for My Native Wānāu of Hawaiki.. I am a Native of Aotearoa and to see what those Colonizers have done to Beautiful Hawaiki island and our brothers and sisters of their lands is very heartbreaking ❤ Ka mamae to ngakau - We share your Heart ache, Ka mamae to mamae - We Share your pain, Ko koe ko au ko koe - You are me I am you, Kotahi Tatou - We are One.. Tu Kaha O Tatou Tuahine Ataahua - Stand Strong Our Sister's and Brothers ❤

[@VallineSchmidt]

Uncle with the fishing pole towards the end bought me to tears because this is the reality of my people.

[@nasimdanielhaq3639]

“Just lay off the drugs”. Nick you should take this to authorities I think you have solved the homeless problem. 😂

[@Lady_phantomize]

Gram gram isn't homeless, she just lives off the grid.

[@out2fun]

My heart jumped when you were recording inside the tent, and a guy popped up 😂

[@rockscrambler6700]

I lived in Hawaii in the '70s, it was a much happier place then.

[@Lopezflies888]

@@rockscrambler6700 It was way different even in the 90s!!!!! It's unrecognizable now. No ALOHA. As he said that Aloha thing with driving is b*******. Too many people coming over from the mainland and overseas with their driving habits is my guess. Locals drive crazy too though

[@claudiakoprinock1501]

I left Oahu in 1990. I look back and realized I left before it got bad. I see your video and remember how the view of the beaches was clear and spacious. There was always con artists and trouble but I know it's worse 😮 so sad. The pit of my stomach just hurts so bad. How terrible it has become. Thanks for posting but it's so sad.😢

[@user-tx3zg3rz5v]

Not only just in Hawaii but mostly of mainland America

[@emmakahoe5233]

Aloha, Nick Johnson 🤙🏽 My comment to you is of pure FRUSTRATION 😡 I'm born and raised on 'Oahu. I personally have been houseless (Hawai'i is my HOME) twice. Once, in the early '90's by myself and in the early 2000's with my son in a shelter (because I didn't want him to know the streets). Back in those days, the homeless problem wasn't as bad as it is NOW. Which is why I could go into a shelter. I've seen & been on BOTH sides. There are different sides to homelessness. 1) Career homeless-they're the ones who REFUSE to be in society & are CONTENT to stay like that. 2) Mental issues-they're the ones who either had those issues with NO drug abuse and the ones who got there using & abusing, mostly drugs. 3) Alcohol &/or Drug Abusers 4) Families who are in the working class who can't afford to pay rent somewhere &/or can't qualify for places &/or are on LONG wait lists FOR a place. 5) Elderly 6) Veterans-between the last two, I'm sure that there are some of them that are just Elderly &/or Veterans 🤔there might even be some who are battling with mental &/or alcohol/drug abuse. 'Oahu DOES have, NOW a lot more homeless that HAVE BEEN coming there because wherever they're originally from IS giving them a one-way ticket to "paradise" INSTEAD of helping "their own". There aren't ENOUGH places on the islands to help the homeless as a WHOLE. THAT requires $, that our State can only give out so much to the different non-profit organizations. The "Aloha Spirit" has SERIOUSLY been abused. I believe that the Hawai'i airports should be like France where you ask them "business or pleasure", take down their credentials & "follow up" with them & if their job fell through and/or they're "stuck" they get a one-way ticket back where they came from to get the help they need from "over there." When someone becomes homeless, there are "stages" for that. In the beginning, a person who isn't using & abusing... they're all "gung-ho" about NOT staying on the streets that they'll try EVERYTHING to get back to THEIR normal. When THAT "wears off" frustration &/or depression sinks in & they start to "give up" that's where alcohol & drug abuse can & might happen. There are just SO much different things/situations of even WHY people become homeless...but, at the end of the day... they're ALL STILL human beings and you sir, need to be MORE RESPECTFUL when you're filming the homeless while they're in their tents/homes like asking PERMISSION to film them &/or flying your drone 🤔🤨 (I get it, you want to show the public the REAL stuff but, it's just disrespectful when you're PEERING into their personal space like that 😮😡 The one in Waianae is called (I'm going to phonetically say it) Poo-oo Hoh-noo-ah Oh Why-ah-neye. Aloha 🌺

[@nutmeg5]

He DOES ask permission and IS respectful. Why do you say he’s not?

[@davidmansoor1364]

He asks permission after the fact and still puts ppl in the video. Also, the way he talks about ppl is disrespectful. He does this for his channel. This is not some selfless mission. Do not be confused.

[@chicogozosodecabellosedoso]

The government should have special islands, cities or villages for homeless where they build them small houses and force them to rehab and work or study something. But they need to get them out of public places. They spent massive amounts of $$$ helping Ukraine and supporting other wars around the world but they don't seem to care about these huge problems at home

[@nasimdanielhaq3639]

The only way to solve the drug problem is like they do in Amsterdam or Portugal. That will never happen in America.

[@COVID-cm4rn]

Yeah put them all on Kaho’o’lawe

[@tomsettles6873]

You've just become a Republican. Welcome !

[@deep6301]

The government needs to stay out of our lives. Freedom.

[@Heidenheim75]

Nobody helps the Ukraine. They just provide weapons, and the US war industry profits. Not a regular person in the Ukraine gets help.

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE]

Thanks for the video Nick 🇦🇺😊

[@SolitaryCroneWiccan]

I moved to Hawaii in 1974 after my military service to the Big Island, Hilo to be specific. I never had a housing problem, as I worked for the State of Hawaii. There was no homelessness, as everyone had jobs. Then, all of a sudden, the drug "ice" made it's debut in the Islands (about 1984) and everything changed. I interviewed for a position at ARCO corporation in LA, and was hired for immediate hire, & left Hawaii in 1986 (after Tina Turner's last U.S. show). THERE WAS NO HOMELESS ISSUES THEN. It breaks my heart 😢 to see Hawaii now, with the homeless population sooooo huge. NMRK NMRK NMRK🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@kaybee5008]

Yes, it sure does! You are rich or poor in Hawaii! There’s no in between. My friend went there and couldn’t thrive. She ran out of money so quick and ended up being on the streets. She had to come back home it was so bad.

[@BiggyCheese-sf8pm]

Hope she is ok

[@paulonunes2002]

Bad planning and mismanagement was the problem with your friend. She should have found a job as soon as she arrived.

[@justdevine864]

Right,it's super expensive there.

[@jrs4ex]

@@paulonunes2002From this series it sounds like she should’ve found 3 jobs

[@kaybee5008]

@@BiggyCheese-sf8pmshe’s back home. We are going to start seeing this problem real soon in the rest of the states.

[@lisarogers1392]

I live on Kauai and the trash along the roads is getting worse everyday Its so depressing

[@rogerburn5132]

NICK ANOTHER BRILLIANT AND INFORMATIVE VIDEO KEEP MAKING YOU ARE THE BEST - - LIKE . LIKE 👍👍👍👍

[@KCFromTheIE]

You need a plan if you are going to move to the islands! YOU and only YOU should be responsible for YOU!….that’s just life.

[@milanimorales2645]

Arent many of the homeless people indigenous to Hawaii? Its giving: They didn't land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on them.

[@tripplefives1402]

they aren't homeless because they live on an island, they are homeless because they smoke crack.

[@Lopezflies888]

3 jobs and 3 years later, got us out of there! The DOE , the kids learn nothing except how to fight. My child said teachers don't break up fights right away because they like to watch. 😡 Happy and thriving in a GOOD school district in the Pacific NW!!!!!

[@eriklee1794]

FACT'S

[@norahjaneeast5450]

I think it's the new meth people lose the ability to communicate very common Here in Portland to have people that can't even talk

[@lindawilson795]

Wow that's alarming. 😮

[@lindawilson795]

When Portland legalized the drugs I'd say the problems escalated. 😮

[@QueenB572]

Thank the Democratic Party! Look what happened in Lahaina!

[@norahjaneeast5450]

@@lindawilson795 yes indeed

[@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom]

It’s more like fentanyl. Interestingly Mexicans are the fastest growing demographic here, there’s more Mexicans than Hawaiians here now. And interestingly as the Mexican population grew, the amount of fentanyl being snuck in has gone up too. Coincidence?! Probably not considering Mexico is the main producer of fentanyl & Hawai’i has the largest pacific port which many unground “organizations” have taken advantage of for decades now.

[@michaelpickarts7683]

Nick Johnson makes some great interesting videos of his travels definitely enjoy the content. Having peoples undivided attention nowadays is no easy feat.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok Mike!

[@CMoore8539]

Wow!! Thanks Nick!!💞 I never knew Hawaii had anything like this going on!!🇺🇸 Thank you for always educating all of us about these things. That’s sad.💯

[@ParisianThinker]

Today, It brought tears to my eyes. We lived here during the early 1990’s for 7 years. It was paradise.

[@tomsettles6873]

It still is. I lived there in the 1990s for 5 years and it looks exactly the same. There were plenty of poverty areas in 1990s as well.

[@emmakahoe5233]

I'm happy that you & your ohana had a beautiful life in the '90's...the homeless back then wasn't as much as it's now... because I was homeless on 'Oahu (where I'm born & raised) in the early '90's, by myself (on the streets) and then again, in a shelter with my son.

[@tomsettles6873]

@@emmakahoe5233 That sucks. I hope you're both doing well now. Its definitely tough to get above the 'struggling' line in Hawaii. I was just renting a room in a house in Kaimuki with 3 other guys so I was technically lower-income, but I really enjoyed my years there. My wife was born and raised on Oahu and its very difficult for us to see home prices get so darn high there. We'd like to buy a townhouse on Oahu and retire back to Hawaii but I don't think its going to happen because of home prices.

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[@ellenchan2357]

Great video Nick!

[@hmj1116]

I am a Korean War veteran served 1951 to 1953 Decorated with medals including the Ambassador For Peace Medal.

[@sunsensational]

Forced drug rehab/shelter will help.

[@moniquesilverans3842]

C'est ce qu'ils font dans certains pays arabes et il y a de bons résultats. De plus si l'Etat ne leur verserait plus rien ils seraient obligés de travailler. L'aide fabrique des paresseux

[@scasey1960]

Drugs are easier to find in Hawaii

[@glamrick649]

Must be Masie Hirono working hard. Cause she defends Democracy...

[@jimmaddox2415]

Nick keep the drama coming:)

[@optimusP43]

It really doesn't help when homeless from other states are given plane tickets to Hawaii, being told that there are resources to help them and when they arrive they find out that these resources dont exist.

[@trappedinkalifornee]

You can take the people out of the slums BUT …. YOU CAN’T TAKE THE SLUMS OUT OF THE PEOPLE….

[@GTLakeMate]

It smells like burning plastic, because the tweakers are burning the insulation off the copper wire.

[@The716_]

Crack also smells like plastic lol

[@brentmcwilliams4332]

Aloha Nick🤙; Brent from Kauai Nice job.

[@churchtalkunlimited]

Thanks Nick! Blessings!

[@stealcian74]

Funny I remember thinking the homelessness was bad when i was there in 2011. Looks way worse now.

[@davidtishar144]

That was the year I left (2011) after 18 years, plain just got priced out and it was a mess then, thankful to have gotten out and my life is much better now.

[@user-jq4fz6co8b]

Oahu, my hometown....man. You know what think is happening? I think all the capitalism and all the advancements in technology are starting to break. I think in the next 3 or 4 generations, people with money are going to be a thing of the past. It'll all gonna come crashing down and we're going to go back to small villages, people fending for themselves, developing their own little communities like it was before all the high-rises, etc. Nature is gonna is start taking the land back, politics and all this crap is going to be insignificant because life will return to pure survival. I honestly think it's a beautiful thing, as long as all the synthetic drugs and cartels and all that are no longer able to have influence.

[@tedzehnder961]

The homeless can`t live or fend for themselves otherwise they would be doing it.The pioneer life is hard work and most homeless are soft. Half of them want to escape reality with drugs and alcohol and laying on their backs.They never grew up to take responsibility for their lives, that is fending for yourself.They burnt bridges with their families and the friends they chose dragged them down.

[@jeanniewatson6820]

This is so sad Nick!

[@user-pu8zg3of4c]

Sad. The scenery is amazing. Thanks!

[@ruthdella37]

While I was on Kauai local business owner told me about how CORRUPT the Hawaiian government is. (Robert Kiyosaki has been saying the Hawaiian government has been corrupt since the 1970s). Anyway, they also explained that when Detroit Michigan (MOTOWN) shut down jobs, they gave a one-way ticket to Hawaii to anyone especially the homeless.

[@user-vg1ni9wl5d]

My family is from Hawaii. I was born in Honolulu, and it breaks my heart to see this! As a Hawaiian, I live on the mainland, it's so sad! Appreciate your video! 🤙🏽🌺

[@X19Rocket]

Our problem is estimated 20,000 families have more money than the bottom half combined, That's the problem with the country.

[@colanitower]

Tragic, drama and all that but at 2:21 some creative people still have the spirit to install the funniest doorbell ever 🙂

[@cindylopez5599]

Keep voting democrat Hawaii. They let this happen. Please stop.😢

[@mysticapajar614]

Hey Nick.Can you do Guam next?

[@kanakamaoli6508]

Haha the way you brushed that nonsense off with a quick “mmhmm” and cut to next scene 🤣 🎯

[@TheChadTI]

I live in Waikiki, i do daily videos walking around here, i catch a lot of weird stuff. Thank you for highlighting the problem. God bless you.